-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
int retval;
sigset_t savemask;
- /* Change nanosecond number to microseconds. This may loose
+ /* Change nanosecond number to microseconds. This might mean losing
precision and therefore the `pselect` should be available. But
for now it is hardly found. */
if (timeout != NULL)
/* The setting and restoring of the signal mask and the select call
should be an atomic operation. This can't be done without kernel
help. */
- __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, sigmask, &savemask);
+ if (sigmask != NULL)
+ __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, sigmask, &savemask);
+
retval = __select (nfds, readfds, writefds, exceptfds,
timeout != NULL ? &tval : NULL);
- __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, NULL);
+
+ if (sigmask != NULL)
+ __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, NULL);
return retval;
}